The Impulse of Freedom in Islam - Paperback

Van Schaik, John: - John van Schaik studied medieval mysticism and gnosticism at the University of Utrecht and the University of Antwerp. He specialized in the relationship between esoteric Christianity and the established Church and received his Ph.D. from the Catholic University of Nijmegen. He helped establish and directs the Origenes Institute in the Netherlands.Gruwez, Christine: - Christine Gruwez studied philosophy and linguistics at the KU Leuven, the Catholic University in Louvain, Belgium. She met Anthroposophy through the Waldorf school in Antwerp, which her four children attended, and where she taught from 1976 to 1986. She also taught for a decade in the Waldorf Education Training Program. Since 1997, Christine has led seminars and conferences at Emerson College, at the Goetheanum, and in Japan. The publication of Bernard Lievegoed's Battle for the Soul renewed her contact with the Manichaean impulse. Having studied the language and texts at university, her life's research question became: How can we actualize what historical Manichaeism has initiated in human history? Christine has followed the history of Mani and his communities throughout the Far and Near East, from the Balkans to North Africa, Iran, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, along the Silk Road to Japan. Her book, Walking with Your Time: A Manichaean Journey, addresses ways to become a contemporary human individual and the question of good and evil in our time.Ter Horst, Cilia: - Cilia ter Horst studied religion and Arabic at the University of Amsterdam and graduated on the subject of "Freedom in Islam." During and after her studies she visited Egypt and Syria. She teaches philosophy in secondary education.
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